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Home Office send written confirmation it will not buy the former Bridge Hotel for asylum seekers

Richard Rush — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:20:49 +0000

The Home Office has confirmed in writing it will not go ahead in purchasing the former Bridge Hotel in Sutton Bridge for asylum seekers. Following a public outcry at the move earlier this year, a meeting heard that South Holland District Council would seek written assurance from the government it wouldn’t go ahead with the […]

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Police renew appeal over collision with one person still ‘seriously ill’ in hospital four months on

Richard Rush — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:58:23 +0000

A woman remains ‘seriously ill’ in hospital four months after a collision between Crowland and Shepseau Stow Now Lincolnshire Police has appealed for anyone who might have more information on the incident at Patchett’s Bridge on Hulls Drove. They would particularly like to speak to the driver of at least one vehicle whom investigators believe […]

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Man fined for state of Long Sutton property he was renting out

Richard Rush — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:53:05 +0000

A private rental landlord has been successfully prosecuted after failing to comply with a legal order to clean up a property he was renting where a number of serious hazards were identified. South Holland District Council had to get a court order to break into the home owned by Peter Higgins after he ignored inspection […]

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Man charged with rape and sexual offences

Richard Rush — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:36:07 +0000

A 40-year-old man has been charged with rape, sexual assault by penetration, and sexual assault by touching, in Spalding. Christopher Morris, of Parkside Crescent, appeared before Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday August 5 where he was remanded to prison while awaiting a plea hearing at Lincoln Crown Court on September 2. The allegations relate to […]

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Fire Brigades Union welcomes new proposals on county fire service

Richard Rush — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:02:02 +0000

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is backing the latest firefighting restructuring plans for the county as it says the service has been underfunded for over a decade. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue is looking to create 20 more new wholetime firefighting positions while upgrading Grantham to 24/7. It’s funding it by telling current full time firefighters […]

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Lack of burial plan a ‘public shame’

Richard Rush — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:02:10 +0000

Spalding and District Civic Society has called for a new cemetery to be created for the town to last ‘100 years’ as it opposes extending the current one over a playing field. South Holland District Council wants to extend Spalding Cemetery over part of the Chiltern Drive Playing Field. It’s set to put in a […]

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Hope asset move anchors The Ship

Richard Rush — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:19:24 +0000

Campaigners hoping to see their village pub reopened are celebrating after a first significant step forwards. The Ship Inn, at Surfleet Seas End, which closed more than a year ago, has now been registered as an Asset of Community Value following application to South Holland District Council by the Shipmates community group. This means that […]

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Update on active travel work

Richard Rush — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:08:06 +0000

Work on the Spalding to Pinchbeck ‘active travel improvement project’ is continuing until Christmas. During August the west side footway will be completed, vegetation cleared for lighting columns, footway and drainage work done, alongside new traffic signals. The road from West Elloe Avenue to King’s Road will remain a one-way system northbound to mid October. […]

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No opening date for Enterprise Way

Richard Rush — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:00:25 +0000

Enterprise Way is still closed as Anglian Water endeavour to get to the bottom of a collapse in the road. The carriageway opened a sink hole in May and both Anglian Water and Lincolnshire County Council were hopeful of re-opening it towards the end of June. But waste water was found in the hole and […]

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Engineering top award for UAH

Richard Rush — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:47:57 +0000

Students from University Academy Holbeach have worked their way to the top in an engineering challenge.Year nine students in 30 teams from across the county took on the Lincolnshire Institute of Technology STEM Challenge. It was to design and build a vehicle capable of carrying a seven litre bucket of water over rough terrain. And […]

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